Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 104

§ 104. Ortona Civil War (3)

Ortona has a unique Auror practice called [Henesis]. The sword blade is not that short, and hilt is also a practice specialized for the Henesys long sword, which extends about 2/3 of the length of the sword body.

The Henesys longsword was a beautiful sword that had the advantages of both a two-handed sword and a spear. It usually had a delicate wavy blade with an ornate guard and pommel, so some thought it was simply a decorative sword for nobles.

However, once you see the wide attack range comparable to that of a decent spear, the quick recovery speed for a long sword, and the power of the bumpy blade that viciously tears flesh, you will never be able to say the word “decorative sword” again.

The essence of the Henesis practice is now clearly unfolding on the Andres Plain.

Suddenly!

On an otherwise long sword blade, the blue auror blade, which is two inches longer, is quickly swung in a circle. The two cavalrymen who were charging were split in two along with their horses and rolled on the ground.

General Gael, who judged that he had better efficiency per hour against the cavalry, rushed towards the cavalry again.

“Hey!”

The surrounding cavalrymen were frightened and quickly turned their horses around.

The cavalrymen broke up their ranks to get as far away as possible from the rampaging Sword Master. Even if you were nearby, instead of stopping him, you just cut him down like a scarecrow in a training ground.

They were also the royalists’ elite cavalrymen, but they did not even dare to thrust their swords into General Gael’s long gap.

However, the sword was swung lightly again at the same speed as it was running. Several horsemen who were running away with their backs turned were unable to escape and fell to the ground in long, diagonal pieces.

Heeheeheehee! A pungent dust rose up.

“Hwiyu, you really are a monster.”

Justin, the mercenary leader who was excitedly swinging his sword at the head of the detachment, whistled.

A man who appears gentle and gentle on the outside becomes so ruthless that once he draws his sword, there is literally no human disaster.

Just being exposed to the momentum spreading widely around General Gael, the enemy’s hands trembled and they were unable to respond properly. That said, there are far more cavalrymen that the Sword Master can sweep away with a single sword than the enemies that their separate unit can cut down one by one.

Justin pushed up the visor of the Salit he was wearing and glanced to the side. To be exact, the boy next to him swinging a sword with an expressionless face.

“Bart. Why do you keep making that face these days? Are you still dissatisfied with receiving this request?”

From the beginning, he was a boy who was not very happy about participating in this civil war. Even though he was a man of few words, he seemed noticeably depressed recently, and Justin, who had almost forced him to come, was getting on his nerves.

The boy stared at the blue aura swirling in the distance for a moment and answered without looking at Justin.

“In the end, it is something that has an end. “This kind of thing leaves a bad aftertaste.”

“That’s it… … .”

The mercenary leader trailed off, then shrugged his shoulders and joked with an exaggerated expression.

“It’s something for the gentlemen who hired us to worry about. “It’s none of your business, right?”

“… … .”

Without answering, the boy lowered the visor of the Salit he was wearing. Soon, a strange silver eye light begins to flow through the gap in the thin visor.

Justin, who noticed the unusual momentum, asked with a puzzled expression.

“What are you going to do?”

“It will be over quickly.”

“what?”

“… sorry.”

The boy stroked the horse’s neck with his hand covered in white light, and before Justin could ask anything, he kicked the horse’s stomach. Hee hee hee!

“hey! for a moment!”

Leaving behind the mercenary leader’s urgent cry, the boy rode into the middle of the melee. The horse he rides gallops around, trying to avoid the entangled cavalry.

Suddenly. He swung his sword without hesitation at the occasional cavalryman who blocked his path.

Although it is not a proper swordsmanship, it is strangely efficient and even looks neat. The boy who sprinkled the blood fountain several times had already arrived at the right-wing camp of the remnants of the Republican Party.

He felt General Gael, who was wielding a blue Auror blade, glance at him. The boy passed him by riding his horse at full speed, and before he knew it, he was rushing towards the enemy’s fence where a rain of arrows was pouring down.

“I… “Oh my!”

Although the battle line was reorganized with the support of the Sword Master, the eyes of the Republican soldiers, who were unable to advance further and were anxious on the spot, widened.

General Gaspar suddenly jumped up from behind his cover and shouted.

“… Dangerous!”

In the midst of a barrage of arrows, the boy, without even blinking, pulled out a sword tied to his saddle with his left hand. So he held the sword in both hands.

Paang.

What kind of trick did he perform? In an instant, he soared up on the horse at incredible speed.

An unrealistic leap that far exceeds the height of the enemy’s barrier.

People from both the republican and royalist camps simultaneously looked at the scene with their mouths open. Because it was a height that an ordinary human could never jump to.

Hee hee hee!

Meanwhile, the horse, which had become a beehive in the rain of arrows, falls down with a pitiful cry.

The boy was also defenselessly exposed to arrows. However, it was floating in the air without even being hit by an arrow. Of course, Gael was the only one who noticed what was really going on around him.

Hehehe. The wind that blew from somewhere swirled around the boy’s body. The strong wind was causing most of the arrows to go off to the side. The few arrows flying straight ahead are blocked by the white shield created by the swords held in both hands.

“Shoot… Shoot!”

The panicked leader of the enemy camp shouted to the archers in a trembling voice. The archers quickly lined up and aimed their bows at the boy floating in the air.

Even if you’ve been lucky enough to dodge the arrows so far, you won’t be able to avoid all the arrows coming at you at once from now on.

And at that moment, something amazing happened. The boy who thought he would stop for a moment in the air and become a target for arrows.

Paang! Suddenly, as if something had hit him in the air, he was launched into the middle of the enemy lines at incredible speed. This happened even before I could aim the arrow.

“Uh, huh?”

While the enemy commander, who was staring at the scene blankly from behind the fence, made a dumb sound, the boy flew over his head and landed in the middle of the camp with the wind blowing around him.

Ugh! At the same time, a light aura surrounded the sword he was holding in his right hand, and it flew towards the middle of the wooden fence.

It seemed as if the sword had not been aimed precisely at something and thrown, but the sword flew around spinning around! It made a dull sound and got stuck in the middle of the wooden fence. And for a moment, I thought I was trembling.

Jjaeng! Sharp pieces of metal scatter in all directions. Several archers who were standing there hesitating without knowing why were caught up in the explosion.

“Aaaah!”

“Ahh! “My eyes!”

In an unexpected situation, unrest broke out throughout the archer unit.

The sword suddenly exploded? The commander is blinking at the sight, which is so obvious that he cannot believe it.

Paang. The boy kicked the ground again and was shot, and before he knew it, he had arrived right in front of the enemy commander.

“what… … !”

And that became his final death.

Before the enemy commander could understand what was happening, his neck and torso were separated and he was rolling around on the floor. It happened in the blink of an eye.

“Huh!”

“Monster, monster… … !”

The soldiers who were staring blankly at the scene hesitantly backed away from the boy with white faces. Some people even stumbled and fell to the ground when they saw his silver eyes through the visor.

The fear of the boy, who showed tremendous inaction as if he were not human, froze the entire camp.

In the enemy camp, which had withdrawn most of its troops to attack the rear of the Republicans, only a few archers and not many infantry remained.

And now, having lost their commander in vain, their morale plummeted to the bottom.

The boy looked around with cold eyes for a moment, then picked up the enemy general’s severed head and slowly started walking towards the wooden fence.

Hwiik.

Suddenly something round flies towards the Republican camp and lands. After the boy stormed into the enemy camp, the rain of arrows suddenly stopped and he was looking at the enemy’s fence in confusion.

When I looked in horror, I saw that it was a severed human head that had been blown off the helmet.

Through the open visor, General Gaspard recognized the man’s face.

That head.

“… General Alonso!”

The Republican camp began to stir.

It’s the enemy’s commander! Why suddenly?

But the seasoned General Gaspard realized that this was an unprecedented opportunity. he shouted, leaping from his cover with his sword drawn.

“The commander’s head fell off! Everyone, charge into the enemy camp!”

“do… rush! Charge!”

Other knights follow him, encouraging the soldiers.

Wow! The entire unit shouted and began to rush toward the hill.

No more arrows rained down until the Republican camp reached the barrier, and they were able to easily occupy the enemy’s position, as if all their difficulties up until now were a lie.

* * *

“This battle really owes a lot to your Astros mercenaries. Thanks to this, we were able to significantly reduce damage to our allies. “Thank you.”

Gael personally visited the mercenary group’s barracks and met with leader Justin. This is because he hired them in a hurry and has not yet discussed appropriate compensation.

He looked a little tired. This was because at the strategy meeting just now, they had wrestled for a long time with republican figures who were running amok, saying that the County of Castile should be struck immediately.

Of course, the meeting ended with the conclusion that it was too much to do with the current power.

Although the count who deceived them was shameful, there was no need to expand the front line.

Moreover, even if they succeeded in taking over the Castilian fortress, laying waste to the healthy Castilian territory would be an excuse for other neutral nobles to turn to the royalists.

“General. Come to think of it, don’t our mercenaries always go to the most dangerous battlefields? As expected, I think there should be a little more hazard allowance… … .”

In response to the subject calling Gael a brat without hesitation, this cool-headed leader shamelessly made unreasonable demands.

He was upset for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt like the leader’s words made some sense. First of all, that mercenary leader seems to genuinely think that more compensation is needed.

As Gael was struggling, a calm voice came from next to him.

“Justin. “I would have told you to do it in moderation.”

Mercenary Bart.

I always thought he was on par with the leader, but the skills I saw today clearly surpass the leader. He was at such a level that it was hard to believe that he was a young boy who had not yet passed the terms and conditions.

The image of the boy making mysterious movements and being launched into the enemy camp was still vivid in Gael’s mind. It would be safe to say that he was the one who made the biggest contribution in this battle.

“No, but think about how well we did in today’s battle! “Of course, you should get a fair reward for your hard work, right?”

The leader frowned and grumbled, but the boy’s next words immediately silenced him.

“Then, isn’t it a priority to discuss in more depth my fair share within the mercenary group?”

“… … .”

Mmmmm. As Justin broke into a cold sweat and rolled his eyes, he hesitated and spoke to Gael.

“… General, then let’s pretend that there was no increase in hazard pay.”

Are you saying that the amount being extorted from that boy is greater than the added hazard allowance?

Gael looked back at the boy named Bart with new eyes.

I thought he was really mature for his young age, but there was another guy here who was just as big as himself. When the boy twitched his eyebrows as if he noticed something in his gaze, Gael hurriedly turned his head towards Justin.

He discussed compensation for a while with the discouraged general manager. Gael, who soon reached an agreement with a satisfactory amount, tried to walk away, feeling limp from fatigue.

If it weren’t for the boy’s question that suddenly came from behind.

“How long do you plan to continue this meaningless fight?”

The boy, who rarely opened his mouth first, spoke to him for the first time. When I looked back at the unexpected question, the boy’s eyes looking at Gael were colder than ever before.

“Are you going to become a martyr for the Republican Party like this?”

fantasy,